Circular canopy beds



July 25, 1961 R. P. cAsl-:Y

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July 25, 1961 R. P. CASEY 2,993,216

' CIRCULAR cANoPy BEDS Filed June 19. 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOA @05V P. 0955K' United States Patent C) 2,993,216 CIRCULAR CANOPY BEDS n Ruby P. Casey, Reseda, Calif. 4(23360 Mobile St., Canoga Park, Calif.) Filed June 19,1959, Ser. No. 821,487 j Claims. (Cl. 5-362) Ihis invention relates to improvements in sleeping beds and canopies therefor, and more particularly to novel eircular bed structures and electrically lighted decorative canopies therefor.

The primary object of theinvention is to provide novelty canopied beds of the kind indicated which are especially attractive to and suitable for use by children, being conducive to overcoming objections to retiring at appointed hours, and being easier to lenter and leave with less danger of injury or difficulty, and being formed to render handling of children with greater'- ease and facility. Another object of the invention is to provide novel canopies, detachably mounted on beds of the character indicated above, which have hoods of either'urnbrella form, or of decorative frames, such as a buttery, the hoods embodying electric lamps, either in the form of reading lamps or night lamps, or both.

further object of the invention is to provide simple,

rugged, and efficient devices of the character indicated above, which can be made in attractive and well-finished forms, at relatively low cost. Other important objects and advantageous features of the invention will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein, for purposes of illustration only, a specic form of the invention is set forth in det-ail.

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FIGURE 1 is a top plan view of a canopied bed of the invention, having an umbrella type canopy;

FIGURE 2 is a vertical central section taken through FIGURE. 1, a mattress on the bed being shown in phan- .tom lines;

. FIGURE 3 is a rear elevation of a bed like that of FIGURES 1 and 2, provided with a headboard; FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of the bed of FIG- 3, having'a butterfly'canop'y; and,

' FIGURE 5A is an enlarged fragmentary vertical transverse section, taken on the line 5-5 of FIGURE 4.

Referring in detail to the drawings, wherein like and related numerals designate like and related parts throughout the several views, and first to FIGURES l and 2, the canopied bed therein shown, and generally designated 10, comprises a circular bed frame 12, and an umbrella type canopy 14.

The bed frame 12 comprises a circular peripheral frame member 16, preferably of angle iron, with its horizontal ange 18 uppermost and directed inwardly, as seen in FIGURE 2. Extending across the circular member 16 is a centered open rectangular brace member 20, cornposed of straight angle irons 22, secured together at their ends and to the vertical ilauge 24 of the circular member 16, as indicated at 26, and having depending ared legs 28 at the corners thereof, provided at their lower ends with floor-engaging casters 30.

Extending chordally across the circular member 16, at points inwardly of and parallel spaced from the brace angle irons 22, are similarly resilient spring slats 32, preferably four in number, which intersect and interengage within the brace member 20, and which, with the brace member, form an open lattice for a circular mattress 34 laid thereupon.

At the head side of the bed frame 12, and spaced circumferentially from each other therearound, in the space between two adjacent legs 28, are a pair of outer vertical tubular canopy mounting sockets 36, and therebetween a middle or central vertical tubular socket 38. The sockets are mounted for vertical adjustment on the outward side of the vertical ange 24 of the circular member 16, as by means of brackets 40 encircling the sockets and lixed on the flange 24, with studs 42 traversing the brackets and bearing against the sockets.

Removably engaged in related ones of the sockets 36, 36 and 38, are the lower end portions of outer and middle canopy supporting rods 44, 44 and 46, respectively. The lower end portions, designated 48, are relatively straight and erect or vertical, and the rods have laterally inwardly and downwardly curved intermediate portions 52, which terminate in straight horizontal upper end portions 54, which reach to and are positioned centrally over the bed frame 12. Y These rods can be secured in related sockets by means of set screws 56, at desired height adjustments. However, it has been found that only the middle rod 46, need be thus secured in the middle socket 38, as shown in FIGURE 3. A multiple switch 58 is mounted on the rod 46, and normally spaced above the middle socket 38, as shown in FIGURE 3, for controlling electric lamps in the canopy 14.

As is apparent in FIGURES l and 3, the rods 44, 44, 46 converge upwardly, and the ends of its horizontal upper end portions 54 come together and are suitably secured together, centrally of the bed frame 12, as by means of a hub 60.

Secured centrally on the hub 60 is an umbrella frame 62, composed of horizontally bowed, circumferentially spaced ribs 64, onto which a preferably flexible umbrella cover 66 is suitably secured. The umbrella cover 66 may be of any desired suitable material and of any attractive decorative form.

Secured centrally on the hub 60, beneath the umbrella frame 62, is an electric bulb socket 68, preferably of the two-way or three-way type, which is surrounded by a reflector 70 and a protective light diffuser 72. The middle canopy supporting rod 46 and the hub 60 are preferably hollow, in order to enclose a lamp cord 74 which is led therethrough from the lamp socket 68, and emerges from the lower end of the rniddle rod socket 38, for connection to a current outlet (not shown), the switch 58 being connected in the cord 74.

The form of the invention shown in FIGURE 3, and generally designated 10a, is the same in construction as that of FIGURES 1 and 2, except that an arcuate headboard 76 is added to the bed frame 12a, and extends along the head side of the bed frame. The headboard 76 comprises upstanding end rods 78 Xed to and rising from the bed frame circular member 16 to the height of the sockets 36, 36, 38 land spaced outwardly from the outer sockets 36. Suitable decorative material, such as fabric or plastic sheet material, is strung between the sockets and the end rods 78 and secured thereto in suitable manner.

The form of the invention shown in FIGURE 5, and generally designated 10b, is the same in construction as that of FIGURE 4, except that the canopy member is in the form of a buttery, in flight, instead of an umbrella.

The butterfly canopy 14b comprises, as shown in FIG- URE 5, a horizontal, elongated, hollow oval butterlly body 80, of translucent material, which includes an elongated hollow oval rear body portion 82 and ya hollow, bulbous or globular head portion 84, having laterally spaced translucent eyes 86. Spring antennae 88 project forwardly from the head portion 84 at opposite sides thereof. The upper part of the middle rod 4Gb enters and is secured, as indicated lat 90, to the body portion 82 at the upper rear part thereof, and electric cords 92 and 94 lead through grommets 96 and 98, respectively, into the head portion 84 and into the rear body portion 82, respectively. An electric lamp is mounted within v 3 Y the rear body portion 82, and individual electric` lamps 1'02 are located within the eyes 86 and are supplied current by the cords 92 'and 94, respectively.

Secured to and extending laterally from the butterfly body 80, at opposite sides thereof, are butterfly wings 104, preferably of lace-work light-weight metal, closely simulating the structure of actual butterfly wings, and preferably matching the material of the headboard. As in the forms of FIGURES 1 and 2, and 3, a lamp cord 74b leads through the middle rod 46-b to a multiple switch 58b mounted on the lower part of the middle rod. g While there have been shown vand described herein preferred forms of the invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not necessarily coniined thereto, and that any change or changes in the structure of and in the relative arrangements of components thereof are contemplated as being within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims appended hereto.

What is claimed is:

1. A canopy bed comprising a circular bed frame, hoor-engaging legs depending from said frame, said frame having acircular peripheral frame member, vertical socket means fixed on the outer side of said peripheral member, and a canopy means comprising upstanding rod means having a vertical lower portion engaged in the socket means and a horizontal upper portion spaced above the bed frame and having a free end reaching to the center of the bed frame, and a circular canopy member mounted on .the free end of said horizontal upper portion, said Vcanopy means comprising an umbrella frame having a central hub secured to the horizontal portion and ribs radiating from the hub, and an electric dome light beneath and secured to said hub.

2. A canopy bed comprising a circular bed frame, hoor-engaging legs depending from said frame, said frame having a circular peripheral frame member, vertical socket means xed on the outer side of said peripheral member at one side of the frame, a canopy means comprising upstanding rod means having a vertical lower portion engaged in the socket means and a horizontal upper portion spaced above the bed frame and reaching inwardly to the center of the bed frame, and a canopy member mounted on said horizontal upper portion concentrically with respect to the bed frame, and an arcuate concentric headboard mounted on said peripheral `frame member and extending around said one side of the frame and secured to said socket means.

3. A canopy bed comprising a circular bed frame, said v 4 Y" 1 frame 'having a circular peripheral member, Aa v,plurality of circumferentially spaced vertical sockets xed to said peripheral member, a plurality of rods having lower por-V tions severally engaged in the sockets, said rods having upper portions terminating in horizontal portions having radially inward ends, said horizontal portions being mutually convergent and secured together lat their inward ends, said inward ends ybeing aligned with' the center of the bed frame, a canopy suspended on said inward ends, and `a concentric arcuate headboard secured-to said sock- 4. A canopy bed comprising a circular bed frame, Said frame having a circular peripheral member, Va plurality of circumferentially spaced vertical sockets ixed to said peripheralV member, a plurality of rods having lower portions severally engaged in the sockets, said rods having upper portions terminating in horizontal portions having radially inward ends, said horizontal portions vbeing mutually convergent and secured together at their inward ends, said inward ends being aligned with the center of the bed frame, and a canopy suspended on said inward ends, said canopy being circular and suspended at `its center from said inward ends.

5. A canopy bed comprising a circular bed frame, /said frame having a circular peripheral member, a plurality of circumferentially spaced vertical sockets fixed to said peripheral member, a plurality ofrods having lower portions everally engaged in the sockets, said rods having upper portions terminating in` horizontal portions having radially inward ends, said horizontal portions beingmutually convergent and secured together at their inward ends, said inward ends being aligned with the center of lthe bed frame, a concentric arcuate headboard secured to said sockets, and a canopy suspended on said inward ends, said canopy being non-circular and having wingsextending laterally from said horizontal rod portions at their inward ends.

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